Kafir
noun
a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
Kafirs
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pluralof Kafir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They lived hundreds of miles from the nearest British outpost, and their wars with the Kafirs scarcely affected those tribes with whom the British authorities came in contact.
From Impressions of South Africa by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
The other Kafirs were for the most part disposing themselves for sleep, while some had lighted pipes, and were puffing away contentedly, conversing in a deep-toned, subdued hum.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
On the walls and in corners were several flint-lock guns, and one or two of the short light javelins used by the Kafirs for throwing in battle, named assagais.
From The Settler and the Savage by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
So he restrains his anxiety to peep forth, and, as he lies perdu, even chuckles over the supernatural theories set forth by the Kafirs to account for his disappearance.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Then I cut the reim which held the other horse, and with all three following me, I started back, just as the foremost Kafirs leaped from the cover barely thirty yards away.
From A Veldt Vendetta by Bertram Mitford
